Comparison

SigNoz vs Zipkin

On the evidence we track, SigNoz leads this comparison with a composite score of 58/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★SigNoz58

Zipkin46

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	SigNozLeader	Zipkin
vioscaleAI score	58 / 100medium · 54%	46 / 100low · 37%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	500	9
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	SOC 2 Type II	-
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	4.2
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fsignoz%2Fsignoz&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=io.zipkin.java%3Azipkin-autoconfigure-ui&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	0	1,426
Github starsadoption.github_stars	32,361	17,464
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	0
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	5	15
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	TypeScript	Java
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	-
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

SigNoz58 / 100medium · 54%

Zipkin46 / 100low · 37%

Pricing

Free tier

SigNoz✓

Zipkin✓

Model

SigNozfreemium

Zipkinopen_source

Price level

SigNozlow

Zipkinfree

Transparent

SigNoz✓

Zipkin–

Integrations

Count

SigNoz500

Zipkin9

Security

Certifications

SigNozSOC 2 Type II

Zipkin–

Hipaa

SigNoz✓

Zipkin–

Scorecard

SigNoz–

Zipkin4.2

Soc2

SigNoz✓

Zipkin–

Vulnerabilities

SigNozCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fsignoz%2Fsignoz&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

ZipkinCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=io.zipkin.java%3Azipkin-autoconfigure-ui&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

SigNoz✓

Zipkin✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

SigNoz0

Zipkin1,426

Github stars

SigNoz32,361

Zipkin17,464

Activity

Commits last 30d

SigNoz100

Zipkin0

Release

Cadence days

SigNoz5

Zipkin15

History

SigNoz20 items

Zipkin20 items

License

Spdx

SigNoz–

ZipkinApache-2.0

Language

Primary

SigNozTypeScript

ZipkinJava

Market

Availability

SigNozAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Zipkin–

Content

Faq

SigNoz7 items

Zipkin6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for distributed tracing tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Distributed Tracing Tools
Capability	SigNoz	Zipkin
Core
Trace role	SaaS platform	Trace backend / store
Standards
OpenTelemetry support	OTel-native	-
Multi-protocol (Jaeger + Zipkin + OTLP)	-	✓
Query
Trace search / filter by attributes	✓	✓
Service dependency graph	✓	✓
High-cardinality attribute exploration	-	-
Sampling
Tail-based / dynamic sampling	-	-
Instrumentation
Auto-instrumentation	Agent-based	Agent-based
Correlation
Correlate traces with metrics/logs	✓	-
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud + self-hosted	Self-hosted only
Architecture
Storage backend	Columnar database	In-memory, Apache Cassandra, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch

Core

Trace role

SigNozSaaS platform

ZipkinTrace backend / store

Standards

OpenTelemetry support

SigNozOTel-native

Zipkin-

Multi-protocol (Jaeger + Zipkin + OTLP)

SigNoz-

Zipkin✓

Query

Trace search / filter by attributes

SigNoz✓

Zipkin✓

Service dependency graph

SigNoz✓

Zipkin✓

High-cardinality attribute exploration

SigNoz-

Zipkin-

Sampling

Tail-based / dynamic sampling

SigNoz-

Zipkin-

Instrumentation

Auto-instrumentation

SigNozAgent-based

ZipkinAgent-based

Correlation

Correlate traces with metrics/logs

SigNoz✓

Zipkin-

Deployment

Hosting

SigNozCloud + self-hosted

ZipkinSelf-hosted only

Architecture

Storage backend

SigNozColumnar database

ZipkinIn-memory, Apache Cassandra, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

SigNoz

Leader

Open-source observability platform that brings together application telemetry—logs, metrics, and distributed traces—in a single interface, built natively around OpenTelemetry instrumentation. Available as a managed cloud service or self-deployed within your own infrastructure.

Independently observed

Zipkin

Zipkin captures detailed request tracking data from distributed systems, stores it using various backends, and provides a UI for searching traces by service, operation, and duration, along with visualization of service dependency diagrams.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

SigNoz

Leader

Usage-basedFree tier30-day trial

Usage-based cloud pricing from $49/month with 30-day free trial; free open-source self-hosted option.

SigNoz CloudFrom $49/month, usage-based pricing with 30-day free trial
- logs
- metrics
- traces
- alerts
- dashboards
- +2 more
Enterprise CloudContact sales
- SOC 2 Type II
- HIPAA compliance
- RBAC
- ingestion controls
- custom retention
- +3 more
BYOCContact sales
- SOC 2 Type II
- HIPAA compliance
- RBAC
- ingestion controls
- custom retention
- +1 more
Enterprise Self-HostedContact sales
- SOC 2 Type II
- HIPAA compliance
- RBAC
- ingestion controls
- custom retention
- +1 more
Open-Source Self-HostedFree

as of 2026-10-15verify ↗

Zipkin

Open source

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	SigNoz	Zipkin
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

SigNoz✓

Zipkin✓

CLI

SigNoz✓

Zipkin✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

SigNoz✓

Zipkin✗

Self-hosted

SigNoz✓

Zipkin✓

On-premise

SigNoz✓

Zipkin✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (2)

Elasticsearch
RabbitMQ

SigNoz

Leader

25 total - 23 not shared

Apache
HAProxy
Open WebUI
DSPy
HCP Vault
OpenTelemetry eBPF
Langflow
Cohere
Auth0
PgBouncer
Kubernetes
Git
Jira
Google Chat
Slack
PagerDuty
Opsgenie
MS Teams
OpenTelemetry Collector
AWS CloudWatch
incident.io
OpenTelemetry
Prometheus

Independently observed

Zipkin

11 total - 9 not shared

HTTP
Kafka
Apache ActiveMQ
gRPC
Apache Pulsar
Apache Cassandra
OpenSearch
Brave
Apache Kafka

Independently observed

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